Fly-catcher.



J. A. V. ZIELPELDT.

FLY GATGHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1913. 1 087 058, Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

J. A. V. ZIELFELDT.

FLY GATGHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1913.

1,087,058. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

witness COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c,

obvious that the same may be embodied in UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. V. ZIELFELDT, F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

FLY-CATCHER.

Application filed July 23,

To all whom it may concern j Be it known that I, JOHN A. V. ZIELFELDT, 1a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Bridgeport,county of Fairtield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fl y-Catchers; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to the subject of insect catchers of the typegenerally known as sticky fly paper, and the primary aim of theinvention is to provide an insect catcher in which the adhesive portionof the same can be inclosed when not in use.

The invention also aims to provide a simple means whereby the catchercan be suspended, used as a stand, or spread in the form of a sheet, ineither insance, the catcher presenting a large area of adhesivecoatedsurface for the reception of insects.

Tn producing an insect destroyer capable of being used as stated above,it will be various forms, a few simple and practical examples of thesame being shown in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a planview of the ii'nproved insect catcher. Fig. 2 is a perspective view,shown partly folded. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the catcherused as an easel. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view showing thecatcher folded. Fig. 5 a plan view of a variation of the invention,shown folded. Fig. (3 a view of the catcher illustrated in Fig. the samebeing shown open. Fig. 7 is a View in elevation showing the catcher usedas a stand.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, and particularly tothe forms illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be seen that theimproved insect catcher may be formed from a single sheet of paper whichmay be either still or flexible, and this sheet is so shaped as to formthe body portion 1 at one end that is coated centrally on both sideswith adhesive material and at its top is equipped with a projectingport-ion 2 that is preferably triangular in shape. Adjoining the body 1is a cover 3, and adjoining the cover 3 is another cover a, both coversbeing coated centrally with adhesive material on their inner surfaces,and both covers being equipped with uncoated top projections thatSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10,1914.

1913. Serial No. 780,660.

are duplicates of the top projection 2 of body 1, said projections ofthe covers being designated, respectively, by the numerals 5 and G.

The body 1 and the covers 3 and at are the same in size and shape andthey are separated by uncoated portions that are centrally divided bythe longitudinally extending fold lines 1' by means of which the covers3 and 4: may be readily folded over the body 1 to entirely inclose saidbody, as is shown in Fig. 4:, the cover at being provided at the bottomand one longitudinal edge with the sealing strips 8 and t) which may beattached to cover 3 to form a compact package.

The covers 3 and 4 are provided with celitral longitudinal slits andalso with upper and lower slits that extend from the ends of the centralslits to the corners of the adhesive coated portions of said covers.These slits are so arranged that they provide end and side flaps 10 and11 in each cover which may be opened, as suggested in Fig. 3 to exposethe coated portion of body 1 and the coated portions of said flaps. Tofacilitate opening the flaps 10 and 11, they may be pro vided withfinger grips or tabs 12.

The insect catcher may be used in various ways, as will be readilyapparent. For instance, it may be spread out flat, or suspended from anoverhead support by cords or the like that may be attached to one ormore of the openings 13 in the top projections of the body 1 and covers3 and 4. Or, as suggested in Fig. 3, it may be used as an easel, inwhich but one side of the body 1 is exposed. the catcher being supportedby a log it which may be of paper and have its upper end pasted orotherwise attached to the upper projection of the cover 4.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs, 5 and 6 the body 1 mayhave the covers which are in the form of side and end flaps 2 and 3 atboth the front and rear, or at one surface only, and these covers may bereadily opened as is suggested in Fig. ti. In this form of the inventionthe cover flaps may be opened and the device suspended from an overheadsupport, such as a chandelier or the like. In the form of the inventionillustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 the body is preferably comparativelystiti', while the covers are flexible.

The form of the invention illustrated in l igs. 5 and (3 may be used asa stand, as is suggested in Fig. 7, wherein side legs 15 are pasted orotherwise attached to opposite sides of the top projection P of body lin which position by opening the covers 2 and 3* a large area of coatedsurface is provided.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that thisiIlVBIltiOIl, by means of the covers, provide simple and practical meanswhereby the adhesive coated portions of the body may be entirely coveredwhen not in use, yet when desired, the same can be readily opened sothat a large or a small area of the adhesive coated surfaces may beexposed. And by utilizing the various expedients described, the catchercan be used suspended, spread out, as an easel, a stand, and in variousother ways.

I claim my invention:

1. An insect catcher comprising a body coated on its front and rear withadhesive material, and front and rear covers for the body each providedwith flaps having a coating of adhesive material and adapted to beopened to expose the front and rear of the body.

2. An insect catcher formed from a single sheet of material andcomprising a body provided with front and rear coatings of adhesivematerial, said body having an uncoated top extension, covers for thebody having their inner surfaces coated with adhesive material, saidcovers having uneoated top extensions, the coated portions of the coversbeing slitted to provide side and end flaps, said covers being adaptedto be folded over the body, and one of said covers being provided withmeans for retaining the covers in folded positions.

3. An insect catcher comprising a body provided with a coating ofadhesive material, and a cover for the body having one surface providedwith a coating of adhesive material, said cover beim slitted to provideend and side flaps adapted to be opened to expose the adhesive materialon the body.

4. An insect catcher comprising a body having its front and rearsurfaces coated with adhesive material, front and rear covers for thebody, each cover being coated with adhesive material on its innersurface and each cover being slitted to provide flaps adapted to beopened to expose their coated surfaces and also to expose the coatedsurfaces of the body,

An insect catcher formed of a single sheet of material having a bodyprovided with a coating of adhesive material, and covers for the bodyhaving their inner surfaces coated ith adhesive material, said coversbeing adapted to be folded over the body, and one of said covers havingsealing strips for retaining the covers folded over the body.

(3. An insect catcher comprising a body coated on its front and rearsurfaces with adhesive material, and front and rear co"- ers for thebody having their inner surfaces coated with adhesive material andprovided with flaps adapted to be opened to expose the adhesive materialon the flaps and to expose the front and rear of the body.

7. in insect catcher comprising a body provided with front and rearcoatings of adhesive material, coyers for the body having their innersurfaces coated with adhesive material, the coated portions of thecovers being slitted to provide side and end flaps, said covers beingadapted to be folded over the body and the tlaps being adapted to beopened to expose the coated. surfaces of the body, one of said coversbeing provided with means for retaining the covers in folded positions.

8. An insect catcher comprising a body having front and rear surfacescoated with adhesive material, a. cover for each of said surfaces, saidcovers being coated with adhesive material on their inner surfaces, andeach cover including flaps adapted to be opened to expose their coatedinner surfaces and also to expose the coated surfaces of the body.

In testimony whereof I athx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. V. ZIELFELDT.

\Vitnesses F. \V. Snrrn, J12, M. T. Loxonnx.

Goplu at this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

